Income of 18-Year-Old Accident Victim Should Be Based on Semi-Skilled Labour Wages, Not Unskilled Labour: Rajasthan High Court

In a significant ruling, the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court addressed the issue of income computation for a deceased 18-year-old in a motor accident claim case. The court held that, despite the absence of evidence regarding the deceased's employment, the income should not have been computed based on the minimum wages of unskilled labor, as had been done by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal. Instead, the court emphasized…